Future Echoes and Past Replays is the third album from Stockholm band, Slim Loris. Blending acoustic folk with pop rock sensibilities, Future Echoes and Past Replays might not be the most original album you’ve ever heard, but it’s a sensitive accomplishment delivering true warmth and authenticity. The album starts out with clear and strong pop melodies and...

Sparkleton is the new album from Grown Up Avenger Stuff, an alternative rock group out of  North Carolina. This is the second release from the four piece ensemble and it boasts captivating, super energetic pop rock rhythms with a driving and razor sharp edge reminiscent of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs isn’t the only element of “reminds me of” going...

Sky and the Dark Night is the third EP release from Australian rock band, Monks of Mellonwah. What’s most interesting about this release is that while it’s a 4 track EP, each track is part of the same larger three part song, with the fourth track a complete mix of the trilogy.  You can listen to the whole EP free on the Monks of Mellonwah bandcamp site, here....

ProductReviewed byKate Krakeon December 5, 2012RatingSummaryIf there is an It Band at the moment, that band is Tame Impala and the album that has everyone’s attention is Lonerism (2012). Tame Impala, a three piece (sometimes five piece) psychedelic alt rock outfit out of Perth, Australia have not only picked up Australia’s J Award for Album of...

Belle and Sebastian have charmed a legion of fans with their unique blend of up beat and down beat pop and 1970s style chamber folk, all tinged with hints of rock and electronica. This essay looks at the metamodern conditions of Belle and Sebastian.

ProductReviewed byKate Krakeon October 4, 2012RatingSummaryWhat is metamodernism? What exactly defines a musical movie? Vivid Scribe is proud to announce the release of a brand new book on our shelves - Metamodern Musicals: An Essay Comic on Pop Music and Cinema. In this essay in comic form, we take a look at metamodernism and its relationship to...